What are the responsibilities and job description for the Controller position at JAS Recruitment?
Summary:
In this position, you will report into the VP of Finance and will be responsible for managing a team of direct reports within the Accounting Department. You will serve as a key member of the accounting department to oversee the day to day transactions of accounts payable, accounts receivable and contribute to other aspects of the accounting department, including but not limited to, financial statement preparation, annual budget and annual audit process, tax preparation, departmental variance evaluation and solution analytics, working with company financial institution on transactional data exchange, and other key strategic projects to support decision making.
In this hands-on role, the Controller will work to improve workflow and efficiencies of the company’s working capital thru exceptional management of AR and AP as well as support the day-to-day reconciliation and analytics of the subsidiaries’ departmental expenses and gross margin accounts.
Scope:
#Onsite
In this position, you will report into the VP of Finance and will be responsible for managing a team of direct reports within the Accounting Department. You will serve as a key member of the accounting department to oversee the day to day transactions of accounts payable, accounts receivable and contribute to other aspects of the accounting department, including but not limited to, financial statement preparation, annual budget and annual audit process, tax preparation, departmental variance evaluation and solution analytics, working with company financial institution on transactional data exchange, and other key strategic projects to support decision making.
In this hands-on role, the Controller will work to improve workflow and efficiencies of the company’s working capital thru exceptional management of AR and AP as well as support the day-to-day reconciliation and analytics of the subsidiaries’ departmental expenses and gross margin accounts.
Scope:
- Improve workflow and efficiencies of the working capital through management of AR and AP
- Support the day-to-day reconciliation and analysis of multiple subsidiaries’ departmental expenses and gross margin accounts
- Assist with monthly presentation of all aspects of financial statements, including income statement, balance sheet, changes in cash flows and departmental expense to budget changes
- Ensure financial statements are finalized within 10 business days
- Participate in annual budget process to develop forecast for the following business cycle. Work with departments to develop projections based on known assumptions.
- Review, approve and support workflow for company trade invoice process to ensure all invoices are paid within terms and all discounts are maximized
- Review, approve and reconcile vendor deductions as submitted by departmental buyers
- Review, approve and support workflow for freight invoices
- Review, approve and support workflow for SG&A
- Produce monthly AR analytic showing aged buckets with evaluation of bad debt reserve
- Review and support the collection and cash application efforts of team
- Review daily wires from financial institution and provide remittances for cash application
- Ensure company line of credit is managed thru minimizing company aged buckets and Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), with bad debt expense under forecast
- Work with company auditors on annual financial audit for financial statement presentation
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required
- 5 years of accounting experience in public or private setting
- Ability to develop and lead team, as well as work independently
- Experience in Microsoft Business Central/Navision/Microsoft Dynamics software environment a plus
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